Higher Resting Blood Pressure May Blunt Negative Affective Responses to Both Negative and Positive Social Feedback

Poster Session IV

Keyword: Stress

Abstract: Higher resting systolic blood pressure (SBP) has been linked to blunted negative affect after social rejection; we examined this association following either accepting or rejecting social feedback. In both conditions, higher resting SBP was associated with lower negative affect post-stressor, r(51) = -0.22, p = .116.

• Paige Freeburg (Presenting Author)
• Jieni Zhou (Author)
• Wendy Mendes (Author)